Lady&#39;s work-box.



No. 890,486. PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908.

A. ANDERSON. .LADY'S woRKBoX.

APPLIOATION FILED .TUNE 2B, 1907.

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ALFRED ANDERSON, OF MINNEAPOLIS,MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TOGEORGE C. HARPER AND ONE-FOURTH TO NELS J. OLSON, OF MINNEAPOLIS,MINNESOTA, AND ONE-FOURTH TO ASAHEL G. WEDGE, OF DETROIT, MINNESOTA.

LADYS WORK-B OX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9, 1908.

Application filed June 29, 1907. Serial No. 381,521.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in LadiesI/Vork-Boxes, of which the following is a specincation.

This invention relates to ladies workboxes, and one of the principalobjects of the same is to provide a box having a cushion therein forneedles and pins and a number of spindles rising from the bottom ofthebox for spools of thread, while at one end of the box aneedle threaderand thread cutter is disposed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a ladies box of simpleconstruction in which simple and efiicient means are pro vided forthreading a needle and severing the thread.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in whichz' Figure l is aperspective view of a ladies7 work box made in accordance with myinvention and showing the cover open. Fig. 2 is a detail, plan viewshowing the operation of the needle threader. Fig. 3 is an end eleivation of the work box.

Referring to the drawing for a more particular description of myinvention, the nu meral 1 designates the box body and 2 is the coverthereof, said box and cover being connected by hinges 3. A cushion 4 forholding needles and pins is provided in one end of the box l and aseries of spindles 5 secured to the bottom of the box serve to holdspools 6 of thread in place thereon. A thread guide 7 consisting of awire loop is secured to one side of the box, and a needle threader andthread cutter are secured to one end of the box and adapted to nt in arecess and cut away portion 8 in the cover 2 when said cover is closed.

The needle threader consists of the guide member 9 consisting of twoparallel strands of wire lying side by side and having the doubled end10 bent or deiiected to one side, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The guidemember 9 is secured in a keeper 11 connected by pins or screws 12 to oneend of the box 1. A guide hook 13 provided with a flattened hook end 14is secured in the keeper 11. A thread cutter 15 comprising a i'lat metalplate having a V-shaped cutting edge 16 is secured in one end of the box1 near the keeper 11.

To thread the needle with my threader the needle 17 is placed againstthe upper edge 18 of the box 1 with the eye disposed horizontally, andthe needle is pushed up against the guide member 9, and moved toward thehook 13 until said hook passes through the eye of the needle. The thread19 is doubled around the hook 14 and the needle is then moved oi thehook to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a ladys work box made inaccordance with my invention is very simple in construction and is veryconvenient, owing to the 'fact that a number of spools of thread may beheld in place therein and a needle may be readily threaded and thethread cut whenever required.

I-Iaving thus described the invention, Awhat I claim is:l

A ladys work box comprising a box body having a cushion therein forneedles and pins, a series of spool spindles projecting from the bottomof the box, a thread cutter, and a needle threader, said needle threadercomprising a guide member and thread hook, said parts being secured tothe inner side of one end of the box, the upper edge of the box servingas a guide for the needle in threading the same, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof, I a'Hix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

M. J. BYRNE, GEO. W. BRUNER.

